In a Press meet here former BJP MP Aira Kharavela Swain said the Union Budget of India for 2021-22 is development-oriented.
The Government focuses on infrastructure so that many manufacturering units will be ste up and employment can be generated. Our main motto is to eradicate poverty, he said.
Economic growth means to increase in national property and comfortable living of people and India can overcome poverty like East Asia countries Japan, Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia by pumping more funds into infrastructural growth and job creation, Swain told.
In the current Union Budget, Rs 5.63 lakh crore has been allocated for infrastructure development which is 15.5 per cent of the GDP. This is a record allocation since independence, told the former MP.
This would help develop road, aerodrome, railways, port, electricity and irrigation in a massive way. The Government introduced three Bills for the betterment of farmers. Health insurance, social security for the farmers and repeal of old laws will foster development by ending poverty, Swain said. The Government gives priority to the private sector so that they can develop the country strongly. The Government will invest Rs 35,000 crore for Corona vaccine, he said praising the efforts.
The Government will create 15,000 new Navodoya schools for better education and to iradicate dangerous diseases 15 new national health centres will be opened, Swain told. In the Press meet Kandhmal BJP district president Jagannath Sahu and leaders Bhagaban Mohanty, Tapan Padhi among others were present.